Also known as UCMP V68144, V68145
Where: San Diego County, California (33.2° N, 117.4° W: paleocoordinates 33.0° N, 116.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: San Mateo Formation, Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• Middle Pliocene
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; gray, sandy siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Reposited in the UCMP
Primary reference: D. P. Domning. 1978. Sirenian evolution in the North Pacific Ocean. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 118:1-176 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 52218: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.08.2005, edited by John Alroy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird | |
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| Mammalia | |
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Hydrodamalis cuestae Domning 1978 Cuesta sea cow | |
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Arctocephalus sp. Cuvier 1826 fur seal | |
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Delphinoidea indet. Flower 1865 toothed whale | |
"Phocaenidae indet." = Phocoenidae
"Phocaenidae indet." = Phocoenidae Gray 1825 porpoise | |
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Stenella sp. Gray 1866 dolphin | |
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aff. Herpetocetus sp. Van Beneden 1872 whale | |
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Balaenopteridae indet. Gray 1864 rorqual | |
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Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel | |
| Actinopteri | |
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Smilodonichthys sp. Cavender and Miller 1972 saber toothed salmon | |
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Sciaenidae indet. Cuvier 1828 | |
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Serranidae indet. Swainson 1839 perch-like fish | |
| Chondrichthyes | |
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Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray | |
Carcharodon sp., "Isurus cf. hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis, "Isurus cf. oxyrhynchus" = Isurus oxyrinchus
Carcharodon sp. Smith 1838 white shark
"Isurus cf. hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
"Isurus cf. oxyrhynchus" = Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark | |